Two-wheeled vehicle



(No Model.)

J. W. VORWIGK.

I TWO WHEELED VEHICLE.

Patented June 8, 1886 N. PETERS. Phnlo-Lkhngmphur, wahin um D. C.

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ATENT TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,262, dated June 8,1886.

Application filed January 31, 1885.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnrn W. VonwIoK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Monmouth, in the county of lVarren and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Two-\VheeledVehicles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the same, and such as will enable others skilled inthe art to make and use them.

My invention relates to the class of twowheeled vehicles commonly knownas roadcarts, and to certain improvements therein, the object of whichis to overcome the horsemotion transmitted to the seat by means of theshafts byhanging the body to the springs in such a manner that there isno connection whatever between the body and shafts, and by hanging thebody to the springs by means of oscillating links, to admit of a freelongitudinal movement or swing to the bodyindependent of all otherparts. I obtain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aside vertical view of the cart;Fig. 2, a plan View of one side of the gear, showing the position of thebodyin dotted or broken lines; Fig. 3, an enlarged longitudinal sectionthrough 00 at, showing in detailthe device for securing the rearcross-spring and crossbar in an upright position and permitting the sameand all the parts thereto at-- tached to have a perfectly free andunobstructed vertical motion 5 and Figs. 4 and 5, enlargedcross-sections through 00 x and m m, respectively, showing in detail themanner of attaching the body to the springs.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

A represents the two side and rear end parts of the commonplatform-spring rigidly secured to the axle B by means of clips in theusual manner, the forward ends of the side spring, A, terminating intheeye 0, to receive the bolt or rivet c, which secures thereto theoscillating links 0 0, whose lower ends receive Serial No. 154,518. (Nomodel.)

of the body D, the whole being to support and carry the rear end of thebody D.

Hinged to the axle B and cross-bar E is the metal steadying-bar F, bothends of which terminate in the eyesff, the forward end of said bar Fbeing hinged to the axle B by means of the clip I) and the loop 12, saidloop I) being secured to the bar F by means of a bolt or rivet passingthrough its two sides and the eye fin said bar F, and the loop I) beingrigidly secured to the axle B by means of the clip I), the rear end ofsaid bar F being hinged to the cross-bar E in like manner by means ofthe plate 6, having on its outer surface suitable projections for thereception of the eye f on the rear end of the bar F, said plate 6 beingrigidly secured to the cross-bar E by bolts or other suitable means, thewhole being for the purpose of insuring an upright position to the rearspring, A, the cross-bar E, and all the parts thereto attached, and toprovide means for so doing without interfering with the free verticalmovement of the springs.

In the mode of hanging the forward end of the body D to the forward endsof the side springs, A A, by means of the links 0 c and the bar (I, I donot confine myself to that shown in the drawings, as it maybe founddesirable to construct the trunnions d d in some other manner than onthe ends of the bar (l as, for instance, forming them with a T head orplate to bolt to the body D, and it is evident that other slight changesin the construction and relative arrangement of the several parts mightbe resorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention; henceI would have it understood that I do not limit myself to the exactconstruction shown and described, but consider myself at liberty to makesuch changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scopeof my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

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what I claim as new, and desire to secure by I clip I) and the loop I),in the manner shown, Letters Patent, is and for the purposes set forth.

The combination, in a two-wheeled vehicle, In testimony whereof I havesigned this with the platformspring A, the axle B, the specification inthe presence of two subscrib- 5 body D, the rear supporting-bars, d d,the ing witnesses.

cross-bar E, the hanger e, the links 0 c c c,

and the trunnioned bar d, of the steadyingbar F, having its endsterminating in the eyes Witnesses:

f f, and hinged to the cross-bar E by means of JNo. E. ALEXANDER, 10 theplate e, and to the axle B by means of the WM. P. SOHALL.

JOSEPH W. VORVVIGK.

